Asa: Biography, early life, and songs
Asa Biography
Asa Bukola Elemide popularly known as Asa is a Nigerian French musician, songwriter and a recording artist. She is famous for her melodious songs with her guitar.
Aį¹£a Bukola was born in Paris to Nigerian parents who were working and studying cinematography in France. Her family returned to live inĀ NigeriaĀ when she was two. She is the only female child in the family alongside 3 brothers. Aį¹£a grew up inĀ LagosĀ city, in the south-western part of Nigeria.
After spending 18years in Nigeria, Asa returned to Paris, where her life as an artist took off. In Paris, Elemide attended Peter Kingās School of Music where she learnt how to play guitar in six months.
Asaās music influences grew over the years from the collection of great music her father had built up for his work as a cinematographer. These records featuring American, Nigerian and African soul classics, included musical greats such asĀ Marvin Gaye,Ā Fela Kuti,Ā Bob Marley,Ā Aretha Franklin,Ā King Sunny AdĆ©,Ā Diana Ross,Ā Nina Simone,Ā Miriam Makeba. Aį¹£a went on to draw inspiration from them.
In 2004, she met Cobhams Emmanuel Asuquo, a Nigerian songwriter and producer through her manager and friend, Janet Nwose. Cobhams thereafter became the producer of her debut studio albumĀ āAsaā.
Asa age
Asa was born on the 17th of September 1982. She is currently 38years of age.
Asa Net worth
Asa is currently estimated to be worth around $3million.
Asa albums
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Asa
The album āAsaā which was released in 2007 was a major break for Asa. It saw her topping music charts across Europe, Asia and Africa. In additi on to that, the album was voted the best fresh talent of 10 singers by a jury of 19 music-industry specialists in Paris.
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Live in Paris
In 2009, Asa released another album titled āLive in Parisā. The album was a compilation of her live performances and include āSubwayā, āFire on the Mountainā, āAweā, āBibankeā, ā360 degreeā, āJailerā, āSo Beautifulā, āFeeling Goodā, āSpeechā, āLyaā, āNo one knowsā and āEye Adabaā.
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Beautiful Imperfection
Asa released her third album āBeautiful Imperfectionā on 25 October, 2010. She collaborated with Nicholas Mollard, a french composer to produce the album.
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Bed of Stone
Asa released another studio album, āBed of Stoneā in August 2014. The album contained 4 singles: āDead Againā, āEyoā, āSatan Be Goneā, āThe One That Never Comesā and āMoving Onā. News has it that before the release of āBed of Stoneā, Asa sold 400,000 albums worldwide.
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Lucid
Lucid is the fourth studio album by French-Nigerian singer Aį¹£a. It was released on October 11, 2019, through Chapter Two Records and Wagram Music. It is a soul, folk, and rock album that incorporates elements of funk and folk rock. It is more personal and less political compared to her previous albums. The production was primarily handled by drummer Marlon B and contains additional elements of jazz, reggae and neo-soul. The albumās title depicts the place where she is currently at in her life.
Asa Awards
- She received nominations for Best R&B/Pop album, Best Alternative Song, Best Recording of the year, Best Recording of the Year and Best Vocal Performance (female) at the hiphop headies award
- Asa has received nominations for the French Constantin Awards in 2008.
- She was nominated for āFemale Artist of the Yearā at the Victoires des de la Musique Award.
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